CVE-2011-0739

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The deliver function in the sendmail delivery agent (lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/sendmail.rb) in Ruby Mail gem 2.2.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an e-mail address.

Affected products

Mikel Lindsaar Mail: through 2.2.14; 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7 (+45)

References

http://groups.google.com/group/mail-ruby/browse_thread/thread/e93bbd05706478dd?pli=1
http://osvdb.org/70667
http://secunia.com/advisories/43077
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46021
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0233
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65010
https://github.com/mikel/mail/raw/master/patches/20110126_sendmail.patch
http://groups.google.com/group/mail-ruby/browse_thread/thread/e93bbd05706478dd?pli=1
http://osvdb.org/70667
http://secunia.com/advisories/43077
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46021
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0233

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